After graduating, he moved to Japan, where he became a journalist at the Tokyo bureau of The Times of London.
Was a British journalist who was the Tokyo bureau chief for The Financial Times (1964-67), The Times of London (1967-1970s?), and The New York Times (1978-83).
He was a denier of the Nanjing Massacre.
He was educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford.
Was close friends with famous Japanese author Yukio Mishima.